Mandeville, LA

Mandeville is a north shore Lake Pontchartrain city in St. Tammany Parish, across the water from New Orleans. It became an early lake resort, with music on boats, pavilions, and dance halls helping make it a getaway before modern causeway commuting changed the region. Fontainebleau State Park, the lakefront, and old neighborhoods still give Mandeville a strong sense of place. It feels like a coastal Louisiana town that is both a suburb and a retreat.